Patents Issued in December 21, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170361290
    Abstract: An aqueous radiation curable dispersant formulation includes water and styrene acrylic resin stabilized thioxanthone derivative photoinitiator particles dispersed in the water. The styrene acrylic resin stabilized thioxanthone derivative photoinitiator particles have a volume-weighted mean diameter of less than 40 nm. The styrene acrylic resin stabilized thioxanthone derivative photoinitiator particles include a water-insoluble, thioxanthone derivative photoinitiator core having one, two, or three units, wherein a structure of the unit is: and x=2-12. When the water-insoluble, thioxanthone derivative photoinitiator core includes two units or three units, the units are covalently bonded together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Marcos A. Barreto Caban, Thomas W. Butler, Rodney David Stramel, Gregg A. Lane
  • Publication number: 20170361291
    Abstract: Steam-hydrocarbon reforming reactor with a reformer tube containing ceramic-supported catalyst pellets and metal foam particles. The ceramic-supported catalyst pellets have a porous support comprising one or more of alumina, calcium aluminate, and magnesium aluminate. The metal foam particles comprise Fe and/or Ni. The ceramic-supported catalyst pellets and metal foam particles may be layered or interspersed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo Jin, Wenyuan Li, Xianming Jimmy Li, William Robert Licht
  • Publication number: 20170361292
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a reactor and a method for the production of high purity silicon granules. The reactor includes a reactor chamber; and the reaction chamber is equipped with a solid feeding port, auxiliary gas inlet, raw material gas inlet, and exhaust gas export. The reaction chamber is also equipped with an internal gas distributor; a preheating unit; and an external exhaust gas processing unit connected between the preheating unit and a gas inlet. The reaction chamber is further equipped with a surface finishing unit, a heating unit, and a dynamics-generating unit. The reaction occurs through decomposition of silicon-containing gas in a densely stacked, high purity granular silicon layer reaction bed in relative motion, and uses the exhaust gas for heating. The present invention achieves a large-scale, efficient, energy-saving, continuous, low-cost production of high purity silicon granules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Xi Chu
  • Publication number: 20170361293
    Abstract: The invention provides a support distributor for a scallop for use in a radial flow reactor. The support distributor includes an elongated sheet having a plurality of perforations extending through a thickness thereof, and at least three edges along a length thereof so as to form a member having at least three support points which engage an inner surface of the scallop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Russell Hillenburg, Gene Eberhardt, Heather Bennett
  • Publication number: 20170361294
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, devices and systems for processing of carbonaceous compositions. The processing may include the manufacture (or synthesis) of oxidized forms of carbonaceous compositions and/or the manufacture (or synthesis) of reduced forms of oxidized carbonaceous compositions. Some embodiments provide methods, devices and systems for the manufacture (or synthesis) of graphite oxide from graphite and/or for the manufacture (or synthesis) of reduced graphite oxide from graphite oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Scott LAINE
  • Publication number: 20170361295
    Abstract: An apparatus used in a fluidized reaction process comprising a vessel; a riser housed within the vessel; and a plurality of angled guide supports, wherein each guide support comprises an tubular section having a first end and a second end; a first hinge wherein a first end of the first hinge is connected to the first end of the tubular section, a second hinge wherein a first end of the second hinge is connected to the second end of the tubular section, wherein a second end of the first hinge is connected to an inside surface of the vessel and a second end of the second hinge is connected to the riser guide is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Matthew T. Pretz, Don F. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20170361296
    Abstract: A fuel reformer for producing a steam reforming reaction between fuel and water on a reforming catalyst includes a fuel injection part that injects and supplies fuel into the reforming catalyst, and an injection control part that controls an injection amount of fuel by the fuel injection part. The injection control part controls the injection amount in order that a temperature of the reforming catalyst is not lower than a preset given temperature. The fuel reformer further includes a temperature obtaining part that measures or estimates the temperature of the reforming catalyst, and a target value calculation part that calculates a target value of the injection amount, such that the temperature of the reforming catalyst after fuel is injected by the fuel injection part is equal to or higher than the given temperature. The fuel injection part is controlled such that the injection amount coincides with the target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kenji AOYAGI, Yousuke NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170361297
    Abstract: [Object] Provided are a “eutectic colloidal crystal” which is an aggregate of plural kinds of colloidal crystals having different lattice constants, a solidified body of the eutectic colloidal crystal, and methods for producing them. [Resolution means] The eutectic colloidal crystal of the present invention contains two or more kinds of colloidal crystals composed of substantially monodispersed colloidal particles having different particle sizes. This eutectic colloidal crystal is obtained by providing a colloidal dispersion of two or more kinds of colloidal particles having different particle sizes, and a polymer which will not substantially adsorb to the colloidal particles (the coefficient of variation in particle size of these colloidal particles is less than 20%) dissolved in a dispersion medium (dispersion preparation process), and allowing the colloidal dispersion to stand (eutectoid process).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Junpei YAMANAKA, Akiko TOYOTAMA, Tohru OKUZONO, Satoshi UDA, Jun NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170361298
    Abstract: A system for regulating a temperature of a measurement array is disclosed. The system includes a measurement array including a plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of sensors are integrated onto an integrated circuit die. The system includes a thermal sensor integrated onto the integrated circuit die, wherein the thermal sensor senses a temperature associated with the plurality of sensors. The system further includes a heat pump coupled to the integrated circuit die, wherein the heat pump is controlled by a feedback control circuit including the thermal sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Roger J.A. Chen
  • Publication number: 20170361299
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for preparing nanomaterials, such as nanoparticles. The methods can involve jet-mixing two or more precursor solutions to form the nanomaterials. By rapidly mixing the precursor solutions, nanomaterials of improved quality and uniformity can be prepared in high yield (e.g., in yields of at least 85%). The methods are also scalable, and allow for the continuous production of nanomaterials. Also provided are jet-mixing reactors that can be used to prepare nanomaterials using the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas Brunelli, Aamena Parulkar
  • Publication number: 20170361300
    Abstract: A MOF production system and method of making are detailed for continuous and controlled synthesis of MOFs and MOF composites. The system can provide optimized yields of MOFs and MOF composites greater than or equal to 95%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Radha Kishan Motkuri, Jagannadha R. Bontha, B. Peter McGrail
  • Publication number: 20170361301
    Abstract: The various embodiments of the present invention relate to a polymerization reactor where the agitator mixing performance is optimized for use with a high activity catalyst and methods for developing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Yves Lacombe, Eric Clavelle, Stephen Salomons, Andrew Hawriuk, Stephen John Brown, Marion Walls
  • Publication number: 20170361302
    Abstract: A capture mass for heavy metals, in particular mercury, contained in a gaseous or liquid feed, said mass comprising: copper which is present at least in part in the sulphide form, CuxSy, a porous support based on alumina; characterized in that said porous support has a total pore volume (TPV) in the range 0.8 to 1.5 cm3/g, a mesopore volume (V6 nm-100 nm) in the range 0.5 to 1.3 cm3/g, and a macropore volume (V100 nm) in the range 0.33 to 0.45 cm3/g, it being understood that the ratio between the mesopore volume and the macropore volume (V6 nm-100 nm/V100 nm) is in the range 1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Karin BARTHELET, Antoine HUGON
  • Publication number: 20170361303
    Abstract: A composite filter aid may include diatomaceous earth, natural glass, and a precipitated silica binder, wherein the filter aid has a permeability ranging from 3 to 20 darcys. A composite filter aid may include diatomaceous earth, perlite, and a precipitated silica binder, wherein the filter aid has an alpha density less than 15 lbs/ft3. A method for making a composite material may include blending diatomaceous earth and perlite, adding alkali silicate to the blended diatomaceous earth and perlite, and precipitating the alkali silicate as a binder to make the composite material. A method for filtering a beverage may include using a composite filter aid and/or composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: BO WANG
  • Publication number: 20170361304
    Abstract: A method of producing a functionalized material that extracts metal ions from solution, the method comprising: (i) providing a precursor material having nitrile groups appended to its surface; and (ii) reacting said nitrile groups with hydroxylamine or a derivative thereof in the presence of a polar aprotic solvent at a temperature of 60-80° C. for at least 1 hour, to convert at least a portion of said nitrile groups to amidoxime and imide dioxime groups, followed by reaction with a base capable of hydrolyzing any remaining nitrile groups to carboxylic acid groups; wherein said functionalized material has a higher uranium absorption capacity than a functionalized material produced under same conditions except that the nitrile groups are reacted with hydroxylamine in only a protic solvent. The invention is also directed to functionalized materials produced by the above-described method, and methods for using the functionalized material for extracting metal ions from metal-containing solutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher J. JANKE, Richard T. MAYES, Sadananda DAS, Sheng DAI
  • Publication number: 20170361305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to superabsorbent polymer and a method for preparing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to superabsorbent polymer with improved properties, comprising a dual cross-linking structure derived from alkyleneglycol multifunctional (meth)acrylate and modified nanoclay, and a method for preparing the same. According to the present invention, the modified nanoclay and alkyleneglycol multifunctional (meth)acrylate are used as internal crosslinking agents in the process of preparing superabsorbent polymer, thus contributing to improvement in the cross-linking degree and the properties of superabsorbent polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju Eun Kim, Gi Cheul Kim, Sung Soo Park, Hyeon Choi, Hee Jung Choi, Hyo Sook Joo, Ki Youl Yoon
  • Publication number: 20170361306
    Abstract: A particulate material includes agglomerated diatomaceous earth and a silicone binder. A process for preparing a diatomaceous earth product includes agglomerating at least one natural diatomaceous earth with at least one silicone material, and subjecting the agglomerated diatomaceous earth to at least one heat treatment at a temperature ranging from about 600° C. to about 1,000° C. A filter aid composition includes a diatomaceous earth product including an agglomerated diatomaceous earth and a silicone material. A method of filtering at least one liquid includes passing the at least one liquid through at least one filter membrane including a diatomaceous earth product including agglomerated diatomaceous earth and a silicone material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: BO WANG
  • Publication number: 20170361307
    Abstract: A catalytic nanoparticle can include a nanodiamond core, a thin-layer polymeric film applied to an outer surface of the nanodiamond core, and a catalyst immobilized at an outer surface of the thin-layer polymeric film. The nanoparticles can also be used in connection with a transducer to form a sensor. A method of catalysis can include contacting the catalytic nanoparticle with a reactant in a reaction area. The reactant can be capable of forming a reaction product via a reaction catalyzed by the catalyst. The method of catalysis can also include facilitating a catalytic interaction between the catalytic nanoparticle and the reactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Jennifer S. Shumaker-Parry, Arthur D. Quast
  • Publication number: 20170361308
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to multifunctional nanomaterials for photothermal heating and catalytic applications. The present invention discloses a method of photothermally heating a solution. The present method also discloses a method of catalyzing a reaction. Both methods require a step of exposing a solution to at least one wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum. A gold-iron oxide nanomaterial comprising an iron oxide substrate and discrete gold particles deposited on the substrate is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Simona E. Hunyadi Murph, George K. Larsen
  • Publication number: 20170361309
    Abstract: A catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of ethane with an empirical formula Mo—V—Te—Nb—Pd—O produced using a process comprising impregnation of the Pd component on the surface of the catalyst following a calcination step using a Pd compound free of halogens. The resulting catalyst can be used in both diluted and undiluted ODH processes and shows higher than expected activity without any loss of selectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Vasily Simanzhenkov, Xiaoliang Gao, David Jeffrey Sullivan, Leonid Modestovich Kustov, Aleksey Victorovich Kucherov, Elena Dmitrievna Finashina
  • Publication number: 20170361310
    Abstract: The method relates to the field of asymmetric allylic amination and comprises preparing a chiral N-substituted allylic amine compound from the corresponding allylic substrates and substituted hydroxylamines, in the presence of a catalyst, said catalyst comprising copper compounds and a chiral ligand. Examples of chiral amine compounds which can be made using the method include Vigabatrin, Ezetimibe Terbinafine, Naftifine 3-methylmorphine, Sertraline, Cinacalcet, Mefloquine hydrochloride, and Rivastigmine. There are over 20,000 known bioactive molecules with chiral N-substituted allylic amine substructure. The method may also be used to produce non-natural chiral ?-aminoacid esters, a sub-class of chiral N-substituted allylic amine compounds. Examples of ?-aminoacid ester which can be produced by the disclosed method, include, but are not limited to, N-(2-methylpent-1-en-3-yl)benzenamine and Ethyl 2-methylene-3-(phenylamino)butanoate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Radhey S. SRIVASTAVA, Siva Murru
  • Publication number: 20170361311
    Abstract: Provided is a method forming a catalytic nanocoating on a surface of a metal plate, wherein the method comprises pretreating the surface of the metal plate by means of heat treatment at 500-800° C., forming a metaloxide support by washcoating on the surface of the metal plate, and coating the surface of the metal plate by depositing catalytically active metals and/or metaloxides on the metaloxide support by means of an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method in order to form a thin and conformal catalyst layer on the metal plate. Further, the invention relates to a catalyst and a use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY
    Inventors: Pekka SIMELL, Matti REINIKAINEN, Matti PUTKONEN, Johanna KIHLMAN
  • Publication number: 20170361312
    Abstract: A method of carrying out the dehydrogenation of lower alkanes in a fixed-bed reactor containing a catalyst bed, the catalyst bed comprising (i) catalyst particles supporting a catalyst effective to promote said dehydrogenation and (ii) engineered inert diluent particles, where the method comprises passing the lower alkane in gaseous form through the catalyst bed, wherein the engineered inert diluent particles have a cross-sectional shape having two opposing convex edges joined by and intersecting two opposing concave edges, and a plurality of holes between said edges penetrating through the particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Guillermo Leal, Khalid El-Yahyaoui, Zeeshan Nawaz
  • Publication number: 20170361313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pipette dispensing block with an improved design for the piston chambers. In a multichannel pipetting block with a grid or array of pipetting piston of any order, the individual piston chambers are individually manufactured using the injection molding process. The individual piston chambers are assembled into a grid or single line array and held together by upper and lower plates in combination with either stabilizing posts or walls. The piston chambers are designed and assembled with a dual o-ring design at the tip and a tip sealing gasket at the bottom to provide the air-tight seal that is required for optimum pipetting performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Felix H. Yiu
  • Publication number: 20170361314
    Abstract: A first aspect of the invention relates to a syringe housing which can have the following elements: a syringe body which has a first open end and a second open end, a first channel being formed between the two ends; a first membrane which is arranged such that the membrane extends substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the first channel over the cross-section thereof; a syringe body attachment which has a first open end and a second open end, a second channel being formed between the two ends; a second membrane which is arranged such that the membrane extends substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the second channel over the cross-section thereof; wherein the second open end of the syringe body and the first open end of the syringe body attachment are designed so as to be connectable in a formfitting manner and thus form the syringe housing, the first channel and the second channel form a continuous channel in the connected state of the syringe housing, and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Herbert Stadler, Wilhelm Gerdes, Sabine Przibilla
  • Publication number: 20170361315
    Abstract: Pipette tip coupler and a disposable pipette tip for a pipette device comprises a stepped coupler shoulder complementary to an axially stepped pipette tip shoulder; a plurality of circumferentially disposed elements or segments carried by the coupler at a location superior to the coupler shoulder; and a distal elastomeric element carried by the coupler at a location distal to the coupler shoulder wherein the plurality of elements or segments have a circumferential, radially translated state that provides an abutment with a first working surface formed in the interior surface of the tip while compressing the distal elastomeric element into sealing abutment with a second working surface formed in the interior surface of the tip and while abutting the proximally facing axial stop surface of the tip with the distally facing axial stop surface of the coupler to define an axial coupling position of the pipette tip on the pipette device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Hamilton Company
    Inventors: Jose Eduardo Guzman, Thomas Barresi, Dana A. Belton
  • Publication number: 20170361316
    Abstract: Pipette tip coupler and a disposable pipette tip for a pipette device comprises a stepped coupler shoulder complementary to an axially stepped pipette tip shoulder; a first elastomeric element carried by the coupler at a location superior to the coupler shoulder; and a second elastomeric element carried by the coupler at a location inferior to the coupler shoulder wherein the first elastomeric element has a compressed radially expanded state that provides a sealing abutment with a first working surface formed in the interior surface of the pipette tip while compressing the second elastomeric element into sealing abutment with a second working surface formed in the interior surface of the pipette tip and while abutting the proximally facing axial stop surface of the pipette tip with the distally facing axial stop surface of the pipette coupler to define an axial coupling position of the pipette tip on the pipette device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Hamilton Company
    Inventors: Jose Eduardo Guzman, Thomas Barresi, Dana A. Belton
  • Publication number: 20170361317
    Abstract: A container for storing a biological sample is disclosed. The container includes a housing having a closed end, an open end, and a sidewall extending therebetween defining a container interior. The container has a removable closure for enclosing the open end of the housing and a sample holder for housing a biological sample detachably connected to the closure and insertable within the container interior. A port is disposed within the closure adjacent the sample holder to allow fluid to pass therethrough into the container interior. An injection device for engaging the port may also be provided. A first fluid may be initially provided within the container interior and a second fluid may be subsequently injected by the injection device through the port into the container interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Bradley M. Wilkinson, C. Mark Newby
  • Publication number: 20170361318
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present invention relate to the control and manipulation of fluidic species, for example, in microfluidic systems. In one aspect, the invention relates to systems and methods for making droplets of fluid surrounded by a liquid, using, for example, electric fields, mechanical alterations, the addition of an intervening fluid, etc. In some cases, the droplets may each have a substantially uniform number of entities therein. For example, 95% or more of the droplets may each contain the same number of entities of a particular species. In another aspect, the invention relates to systems and methods for dividing a fluidic droplet into two droplets, for example, through charge and/or dipole interactions with an electric field. The invention also relates to systems and methods for fusing droplets according to another aspect of the invention, for example, through charge and/or dipole interactions. In some cases, the fusion of the droplets may initiate or determine a reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: David A. Weitz, Darren Roy Link, Galder Cristobal-Azkarate, Zhengdong Cheng, Keunho Ahn
  • Publication number: 20170361319
    Abstract: A channel assembly is disclosed, which may comprise a microfluidic channel. Methods of manufacture are also disclosed as are detectors and detector components which may comprise such a channel assembly. An example is a detection apparatus comprising: a detector for detecting a substance of interest; and a pneumatic system comprising a microfluidic channel assembly comprising a first microfluidic channel for dispensing vapour to the detector, wherein the first microfluidic channel comprises a groove in a surface of a polymer body and a wall of the first channel is provided by a film bonded to the surface of the body over the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Jonathan Marcel GOWERS
  • Publication number: 20170361320
    Abstract: A flow cell incorporates a first substrate with a metal layer on one surface. A tape layer having flow channels is adhered to the first substrate. A second substrate having a second metal layer on one surface is adhered to the tape layer opposite the first substrate. At least one of the first and second metal layers includes mating cutouts to at least partially expose the flow channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Anthony T. Chobot, Raymond M. Karam, Georges Roussos
  • Publication number: 20170361321
    Abstract: The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Rustem F. Ismagilov, Joshua David Tice, Helen Song Baca, Lewis Spencer Roach
  • Publication number: 20170361322
    Abstract: The present invention provides a microfluidic system, method and kit for performing assays. The system may comprise a microfluidic device and a detector, wherein the assay yields results that may be read by a detector and analyzed by the system. The assay may comprise one or more chemical or biological reaction against, or performed on, a sample or multiple samples. The sample(s) may become larger and/or smaller during the performance of the assay. The sample(s) may be present within a vehicle, or on a carrier within a vehicle, in the microfluidic device, and wherein the vehicle may become larger and/or smaller during the performance of the assay. The assay may be a cascading assay comprising a series of multiple assays, wherein each assay may be the same or different, and wherein each assay in the series of multiple assays may further comprise one or more process or step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Adnan ESMAIL, Tal RAZ, John HEALY, Tony HUNG, Sepehr KIANI, Pascaline MARY
  • Publication number: 20170361323
    Abstract: Pipette assembly comprising a pipette device, a pipette tip, and an expanding mandrel collet coupling device coupling the tip to the pipette device, the coupling device comprising: circumferentially spaced apart segments, an annular base disposed below the segments and comprising a distal portion, an elastomeric element circumscribing the distal portion, and upwardly extending circumferentially spaced apart arms attached at first ends to the annular base and having upper free ends each supporting a different one of the segments configured to expand between a first and a second greater circumference for engaging a first interior working surface of the tip in concurrence with the elastomeric element sealing against a second interior working surface below the first surface and in concurrence with an abutment between a disk exteriorly disposed about a medial portion of the arms and a stepped interior shoulder of the tip disposed between the first and second working surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Hamilton Company
    Inventors: Jose Eduardo Guzman, Thomas Barresi, Dana A. Belton
  • Publication number: 20170361324
    Abstract: A viewer device for observing and recording images of materials, such as chemical and biological materials is described. The viewer device includes a housing that provides a chamber for receiving a sample or a sample container that contains a sample of a material (e.g., chemical or biological material). The housing includes a viewing window for observing the sample, a port through which the sample or the sample container can be introduced to or removed from the chamber, and a coupling mechanism configured to removably and replaceably couple the housing to an observational device, such as a camera equipped device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Roger A. Nassar, Alexander D. Turland
  • Publication number: 20170361325
    Abstract: An ergonomic vial and tube rack is disclosed for retaining a plurality of vials or tubes containing fluid therein in inclined or vertical upright positions, features of which a mechanism for a variable incline angle; lid/cap receptacles positioned either on a shelf above the vial holders or inside the cover when in an open position; an ice or heat pack compartment or a sealed compartment underneath the vials and/or behind the vials for the limited temperature control; rack to rack pin-to-hole locators for stackability, ease of transportation, and storage; color-coding of vial racks for convenience and work-flow assistance; a transparent front panel or an opening in front of each vial receptacle for additional verification of reagent labels; a rack cover with rows of circular indentations, with or without a disposable lining, for use as shallow reaction dishes for qualitative or quantitative chemical assays, such as pH testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Johanna KANTOR, William F. STEWART
  • Publication number: 20170361326
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for tempering a plurality of capillaries, which are arranged on a carrier, wherein the carrier having a length, width and height receives the capillaries along the width of the carrier. The carrier has a recess in order to receive a tempering element so that the capillaries may be tempered in their central region by means of contact with the tempering element. According to the invention, the ends of the capillaries filled with samples are unsealed during tempering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Philipp Baaske, Stefan Duhr
  • Publication number: 20170361327
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a double-material grinder for grinding materials comprising a housing and a grinding component. The housing comprises a first housing and a second housing removably attached to each other to form a closed cavity. The first housing comprises a vertical baffle. The grinding component comprises a first grinding unit arranged in the first chamber and a second grinding unit arranged in the second chamber. A blanking gap of the first grinding unit corresponds to the first blanking hole. A blanking gap of the second grinding unit corresponds to the second blanking hole. The second housing comprises a driving unit to drive the first grinding unit and the second grinding unit. The mouth for adding materials is open and substantially larger than those of other two-material grinders so that replenishing of materials becomes easier and mixture of different materials is completely prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: GUOPING ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170361328
    Abstract: A method of upgrading a vertical spindle pulverizer includes the steps of removing a cover from a journal opening in a housing of the pulverizer to access a grinding zone of the pulverizer, removing a first journal assembly having a toroidal grinding roll from the pulverizer through the journal opening, removing a plurality of toroidal table segments from a grinding table of the pulverizer, installing a plurality of inclined bull ring segments on the grinding table, installing a second journal assembly having a conical grinding roll in the pulverizer, and replacing the cover over the journal opening. The inclined bull ring segments are configured to register with a grinding surface of the conical grinding roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: PAUL M. COLSON, DOUGLAS W. CRAFTS
  • Publication number: 20170361329
    Abstract: A system for treating infectious waste is provided that employs a medical waste handling and shredding sub-system that feeds partially processed waste to an oxidizer to eliminate potential airborne infectious waste prior to transforming the medical waste into useful co-products. Medical waste is transformed into value added products including hydrocarbon based gases, hydrocarbon-based liquids, carbonized material, and recovered precious metals and rare earth materials in a system having as its transformative element an anerobic, negative pressure, or carbonization system. With medical waste as a feedstock for the production of valuable products, an economically viable and environmentally more responsible alternative to traditional methods of medical waste treatment is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Scott Behrens, Landon C.G. Miller
  • Publication number: 20170361330
    Abstract: A vehicle can be equipped with a size reduction device whereby input is directed, such as with a loading system, up and into an inlet of the size reduction device or a storage body to await loading into the size reduction device, such as with a transfer system. The input is reduced in size to be particulate and then either discharged from an outlet or into a storage body for later removal, possibly with a transfer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: John Forrest Smith, Rebecca Palmer
  • Publication number: 20170361331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a disintegrating device comprising a comb system (I), wherein the disintegrating device is formed by at least one disintegrating roller (1), rotatably mounted in a machine frame, with at least one disintegrating tool (2) arranged thereon, wherein the disintegrating device has at least one counter blade (3) that cooperates with the disintegrating tool (2), and comprising at least one base comb (II) on which the at least one counter blade (3) is arranged, and on which at least one sieve element (41) can be arranged as a component of a sieve device (4), wherein the sieve device (4) at least partially comprises the disintegrating roller (1) in the intended application. The invention is characterised in that the sieve element (41) is spring-mounted on the base comb (II).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: DOPPSTADT FAMILIENHOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Johann DOPPSTADT, Horst BERGER
  • Publication number: 20170361332
    Abstract: Aggregate washing systems are described including mechanisms for slurrying, washing and/or dewatering aggregate material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: John Bennington
  • Publication number: 20170361333
    Abstract: A transportable modular system for enhanced minerals recovery from tailings lines and deposits, features two transportable mineral recovery modules (TMRM), each TMRM for transporting as a truck mounted module to a remote site as an independently-operable mineral recovery module, each TMRM to couple to another TMRM on-site at the remote site and used together to provide enhanced minerals recovery. One TMRM having a central engineered polymer mineral recovery module that receives tailings fluid having a mineral particle of interest, processes the tailings fluid using an engineered polymer configuration, and provides recovered mineral processing fluids having the mineral particle of interest and a tailings disposal fluid. One other TMRM is selected from a group of TMRMs that includes another central engineered polymer mineral recovery module, a tailings fluid management module, an additive/chemical treatment polymer management module, a tailings disposal module and a recovery mineral processing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Francis K. DIDDEN, Alan D. KERSEY, Mark R. FERNALD, Paul J. ROTHMAN
  • Publication number: 20170361334
    Abstract: A system for extracting metals (e.g. precious metals or dangerous metals) from a substrate material such as sludge from a lake bed or sewage treatment facility includes processing the substrate material and metals by exposing the substrate material and metals to the plasma of an electric arc. Then, the exposed substrate material and metals are passed through an electrically charged collection grid in which the metals, now electrically charged, are attracted to the collection grid and hold to the collection grid and the substrate material exits the collection grid with less concentrations (or none) of the metals. In some embodiments, in addition to recovering the metals (e.g. precious metals, dangerous metals, etc.), a flammable gas is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: MAGNEGAS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ermanno Santilli
  • Publication number: 20170361335
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for selective flotation of kainite from crushed crude potash salts or, for example, from crystallized salt mixtures obtained by evaporation processes, which in addition to kainite may contain further minerals such as halite, sylvine and other salt minerals, for example, in order to produce a kainite concentrate fraction and a residues fraction. The separation process is characterized in that the crushed or crystallized salt mixture is intensively mixed as a crystallizate suspension with a combination of conditioning agents consisting of a sulfated fatty acid or its alkali metal salt as collecting reagent and a frothing agent known for flotation (for example, glycol ether, monohydric aliphatic alcohols, terpene alcohols, polyglycol ethers, etc.) and is then separated by agitator-driven or pneumatic flotation into a kainite concentrate fraction and a residues fraction. The resulting fractions may be further processed in downstream processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: K+S AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Uwe WACHSMUTH, Jochen BROD
  • Publication number: 20170361336
    Abstract: A dispersion for use with an effluent treatment system, and methods of making and using such a dispersion, whereby the dispersion includes an amount of polymer substantially uniformly dispersed within an aqueous solvent; wherein the dispersion is generated by combining an amount of gas with the amount of polymer and the aqueous solvent, the amount of gas effective to substantially uniformly disperse the amount of polymer within the aqueous solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Cimarron Land & Cattle Company, LLC
    Inventors: Richard E. Helm, Roger Kendall McGowan, Martin C. Helm
  • Publication number: 20170361337
    Abstract: An apparatus for collection of heavier particles such as gold flowing in a river includes a support frame with legs for mounting in the river spaced from the bed with a series of drum mounted on the support frame one behind the other for rotation about an axis transverse to the river flow. The drums have a plurality of blades mounted so that flow of water in the river causes a rotation of the drum, a plurality of water entry openings and a plurality of discharge openings in the drum with the drum shaped such that rotation causes a centrifugal action such that the heavier particles remain within the drum against escape from the drum while lighter particles and water are discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Kenneth M Klyne
  • Publication number: 20170361338
    Abstract: A two-stage dust-air separation structure includes a cyclone separator and a spiral dust-air separation device. A first stage separation of dust from air is realized by a cyclone housing, and by arranging a second-stage cyclone barrel 5 inside the cyclone housing and arranging the spiral dust-air separation device at a barrel opening of the second-stage cyclone barrel, the dusty air, after going through the first stage separation, is guided by the spiral dust-air separation device to form, on an inner wall of the second-stage cyclone barrel, an airflow rotating towards the barrel bottom, and the dust in the airflow is driven by a centrifugal force to rotate downwardly to the barrel bottom and be collected in a second-stage dust collecting space, and the air in the rotating airflow is extracted by the negative pressure, thereby realizing a second stage separation of dust from air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Zugen NI
  • Publication number: 20170361339
    Abstract: A device is described herein for priming and stimulating a fluid that enters a nozzle such that when the fluid experiences a phase change from liquid to gas, said phase change releases energy latent within molecules or atoms of any of the interior surface of the nozzle and the fluid, producing an energy release, thereby enabling that phase-changed gas to be used to generate energy using well-known techniques in the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Brian P. Roarty